Joey Belladonna

“Joey! Fucked! Up!” It’s too bad the guys in Anthrax can’t say that with good humor, the way they used to when they would ask crowds to yell it back at them as part of their good-time rap spoof, “I’m the Man.” Though it may seem unfortunate that one of thrash metal’s premier vocalists has been fired from Anthrax twice now, Joey Belladonna was always more at home with bar rock. In a sense, then, you get to see him in his element this time, as opposed to fronting Anthrax’s recent grab at nostalgia. And the good-ol’-boy charm works quite well with Belladonna’s own material.

“Got the Time” by Joey Belladonna: